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Eustache Le Sueur

Maker

(engraver)
1688-1754

Title

Eustache Le Sueur

Date of Production

1731

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 35.8 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5889

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Based on an earlier painting, this portrait of the artist Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655) was made on the occasion of the engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder becoming a member of the French Academy in 1731. The partially rolled up drawing in the sitter’s hand expands beyond the frame in an impressive demonstration of Cochin’s virtuosity as an engraver. Le Sueur’s role as a painter is specifically noted in the prominent inscription on the plaque and referred to visually by the inclusion of the drawing, the palette and artist’s brushes.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Literature

Les graveurs de portraits en France; catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l'école française appartenant à Ambroise Firmin-Didot
no. 275 on p. 88

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin centre & recto : on mount : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : EUSTACHE LE SUEUR / de Paris, Peintre ordinaire du Roy, et Professeur / en son Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : Gravé par Charles Nicholas Cochin pour ca Reception a l'Academie en 1731 //

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